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Members of the media work on hilltop overlooking the border town of Ceylanpinar, Sanliurfa province, southeastern Turkey, and further in the background Ras al-Ayn, Syria, late Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019. The U.S. and Turkey agreed Thursday to a five-day cease-fire in the Turks' attacks on Kurdish fighters in northern Syria to allow the Kurds to withdraw to roughly 20 miles away from the Turkish border. The arrangement appeared to be a significant embrace of Turkey's position in the weeklong conflict. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)